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Chapter 1 Progress Questions
Monitoring the Weather
1. The first weather-related decision I made today could have been
a. what to have for breakfast.
b. what to wear outside.
c. what weekend movie to watch.
2. Which is the state of the atmosphere at a par

Chapter 3. Solar and Terrestrial Radiation
Basic
1. Wiens radiation law says that the wavelength of most intense radiation (max) emitted by a
blackbody is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature (T) of the object. The
surface of the Sun radiate

AMS Weather Studies
Chapter 5 Progress Questions
Air Pressure
1. Air pressure is equal to the total weight of a vertical column of air with a unit cross-sectional
area extending from the place of measurement to the top of the atmosphere. Air pressure at s

AMS Weather Studies
Chapter 7 Progress Questions
Clouds, Precipitation & Weather
1. In the atmosphere, cloud condensation nuclei are _ abundant than ice-forming nuclei.
a. more
b. less
2. Where there is an abundance of hygroscopic nuclei in the atmosphere

AMS Weather Studies
Chapter 8 Progress Questions
Wind & Weather
1. A force is a push or pull on an object; it has both magnitude and direction. Your weight, for
example, is a force. The magnitude is read from a weight scale and the direction of that force

Chapter 10. Weather Systems in Middle Latitudes
Basic
1. A rapidly intensifying nor'easter tracks northward up the East Coast. As the low passes over
Cape Hatteras, NC at 6 a.m. EST, its central pressure was 1000 mb. At 6 a.m. the next day,
the rapidly mo

Chapter 2. Atmosphere: Origin, Composition, and Structure
Basic
1. Compared to the planet's average radius (6371 km or 3959 mi), the atmosphere is like the
thin skin of an apple. About 99% of the atmosphere's mass occurs within about 32 km (20
mi) of Eart

Chapter 14. Light and Sound in the Atmosphere
Basic
1. According to Wien's displacement law, an object that emits primarily visible radiation has a
temperature that is [(higher than) (about the same as) (lower than)] the temperature of an
object that emit

Chapter 5. Air Pressure
Basic
1. Within an anticyclone (high-pressure system), the surface air pressure [(increases)
(decreases)] horizontally in all directions away from the center of the anticyclone.
2. Using the pressure conversion formulas in Table 5.

Chapter 15. Climate and Climate Change
Basic
Revised
1. The following is a table of rainfall in inches received at a desert location during the summer
monsoon over a 30-year period, 1981-2010. (The North American monsoon period is taken
to be from June 15

Chapter 11. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Basic
1. Within a developing cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud, the ascending cloudy air
[(cools) (warms)] at an average rate of [(12.0) (9.8) (6.0)] Celsius degrees per 1000 m. If the
temperature of the updraft at

Chapter 7. Clouds, Precipitation, and Weather Radar
Basic
1. a. A cumulus cloud forms in the updraft of a convective circulation over warm ocean waters.
The sea-level temperature is 20 C (68 F) and the relative humidity is 40%. The mixing
ratio of the air

Chapter 6. Humidity, Saturation, and Stability
Basic
1. Saturated (cloudy) air at a temperature of 20 C (68 F) has a relative humidity of
_%.
2. Compute the relative humidity (RH) to nearest percent for each of the following atmospheric
conditions:
a. vap